Hair-ribbon holder



F. P. ANDRESEN. HAIR RIBBON HOLDER.

APPLICATlON FILED NOV. H, 1919.

Patnted Feb. 1,1921

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INVENTOJ-Z y/wvg m i FREDERICK r. annnnsmv, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;

HAIR-RIBBON HOLDER.

{specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application filed November 17, 1919. Serial No. 338,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F nnnnnron P. ANDRE- snN, a citizen of Germany, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hair-Ribbon Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, anolflexact specification.

This invention relates to a device for attaching bows oil? ribbon to childrens hair, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive clasp to which the ribbon may be conveniently attached and which may be readily fastened to a lock of the hair.

The invention contemplates the provision of improved means for latching the free ends of the clasp jaws together, and of means "for -fastening the ribbon bow toone off said jaws in such a way that it will not interfere with the engagement of the clasp with the hair. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically delined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure l is a perspective view of a hair ribbon holder made substantially in accordance with this invention, showing a ribbon bow attached thereto and the clasp caught over a lock of hair.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device with the ribbon removed.

Fig. at is a section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of a modified form of the device.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line VI--VI of Fi 5, and

Fig. 7 is a section on the line VII-VII of Fig. 5. 1

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, the device consists of a clasp having jaws 1 and2, and a ribbon carrier or holder 8 attached to one of said jaws. The

jaw l is preferably made in the form of a loop, while the jaw may be made of a solid piece of resilient metal'having one end thereof bent around one end oi the loop to form the hinge catch 5 is bent into hook shape, as at 7, to

engage the free end of the loop of the jaw 1, as also best shown in Fig. l. hen the catch is closed over the end of the loop, as shown in solid lines in this figure, the end of said catch is positioned near to the bent end 4 of the jaw 2, so as to retain the end of the loop against accidental displacement. The inwardly bent end of the hook 7 is sprung over the end of the loop in fastening the clasp, and is retained in engagement by the tension in the jaw 52 due to it being bowed to some extent over the lock of hair, as will be readily understood.

The ribbon holder 8 may consist of a strip of metal having its ends 9 bent around the sides of the loop of the jaw 1 about midway thereof. The ribbon 10 is tied around. said holder strip 8 which bridges the loop 1, as at 11, Fig. 2, so that the ribbon does not intertere at all with the attachment of the holder to the hair.

As illustrated in Fig. 6, the ribbon holder may be. made in the form of a loop having one side 17 rigid. and the other side 18 resilient with a lip 19 at its edge to guide the ribbon into said loop between the parts 17 and 18 and the sides of the loop 12, said ribbon being indicated in dotted lines as held in said loop at 20. In Figs. 5 and 7 a modified form of catch is also illustrated. In this instance, the free end of the loop of the jaw 12 is bent rearwardly at 13 and the jaw 14: is bodily movable longitudinally with respect to the jaw 12 so as to permit the free end of said jaw 14C to be inserted through said bent end of the loop at 13. This longitudinal movement of the jaw 14 is made pos sible by the use of a long eye or loop 15 constituting the hinge between the jaws, as best shown in Fig. 7. The jaw 14 may be moved longitudinally a sufficient distance to disen- The free end of the jaw is a slightly bent, as at 41, to fit ust alongside gage the free end 16 thereof from the bent end 13 of the loop while the eye or loop 15 slides along the end of the jaw 12.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a pair of hair gripping jaws hinged together at one end, one of said jaws comprising a wire loop and the other jaw having its free end bent to lie in the plane of said loop on the inside thereof when the jaws are closed, of a catch mounted to slide on the jaw with the bent end and coiiperate with said bent end to substantially surround the end bar of the loop from the outside when interlocked therewith.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a pair of hair gripping jaws, one having spaced parallel bars, 01": a

ribbon holding loop extending across the space between said bars at one side thereof and'having a resilient tongue rigldly secured to one of said bars and extending across the space between said bars on the other side thereof, the free end of said tongue yieldingly bearing against the other bar for retaining the ribbon in the loop.

In a device of the character described, the combination with a pair of hair gripping jaws, one having spaced parallel bars, 01 a ribbon holding loop extending across the space between said bars at one side thereof and having a resilient tongue rigidly secured to one of said bars and extending across the space between said bars on the other side thereof, the free end of said tongue yieldingly bearing against the other bar for retaining the ribbon in the loop, said tongue havin an outwardly inclined lip on its free end ror guiding the ribbon into the loop.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my arms to this specification.

FREDERICK P. ANDRESEN. 

